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Medvedev praises Putin's government

"It does not mean that they do not make mistakes. Those who do nothing make no mistakes. We are working hand-in-hand"

15:45 15/09/2009

The Russian government headed by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is performing its duties well.

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Oksana Antonenko: Valdai Club was concentrated on global issues for first time
15:31 18/09/2009
For the first time the last Valdai Club meeting was concentrated on the global issues, including developing of the European security system, global fiiancial crisis, aftermath of the U.S.- Russia summit. We travelled to Yakutia, for many people is was really an eye-opening chance to see what kind of processes are taking place in Russian regions.
Medvedev says ties with Georgia could resume after Saakashvili
20:05 15/09/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev reiterated on Tuesday that he saw no possibility of restoring bilateral relations with Georgia under its current leader, Mikheil Saakashvili.
Medvedev sees no alternative to UN
19:38 15/09/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told a group of top foreign and Russian analysts on Tuesday that he believes efforts to find an alternative to the UN are "dangerous" and called the European security system insufficient.
Medvedev says no taboos in Russia-U.S. dialogue
18:47 15/09/2009
Moscow is ready to discuss any issues with the United States, even those on which they strongly disagree, the Russian president said on Tuesday.
Iran's proposals on global issues require analysis - Medvedev
18:33 15/09/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday Iran's recent proposals to six world powers on global issues require careful analysis and no hasty conclusions should be made.
Medvedev says still place for G20 in world
17:43 15/09/2009
The international community will continue to need the G20 for some time in the future, as the G8 format struggles to cope with the ongoing global credit crunch, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday.
No change to method of appointing regional governors - Medvedev
17:38 15/09/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that there would be no change to the current system of appointing regional governors.
Medvedev says may run for president in 2012
17:26 15/09/2009
Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday said he is not ruling out that he may run for president in 2012.
Medvedev urges economic, social reform
17:04 15/09/2009
President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday the time had come for Russia to take more decisive steps to modernize the economic and social sectors.
Medvedev says may run for president in 2012
16:30 15/09/2009
Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday did not rule out the possibility of running for president in 2012.
Medvedev admits Russia 'underestimated' global economic crisis
16:30 15/09/2009
President Dmitry Medvedev admitted on Tuesday that Russia had underestimated the effect of the worldwide financial crisis on the country, but said the economy had started growing again.
Russia Gives Up Mass Army
19:43 14/09/2009
Leading Russian military expert Vitaly Shlykov spoke during one of the sessions of the Valdai Discussion Club last week about the sweeping reform of the country’s armed forces, which begins in December and will cut the number of tanks from 20,000 to 2,000 and reduce the number or reservists to just 100,000. The reform, which Shlykov described as nothing short of a revolution, will significantly affect the Kremlin’s approach to the composition of and future cuts to the country’s military arsenal.
Valdai International Discussion Club participants in Moscow
13:04 14/09/2009
Valdai International Discussion Club participants met with Gazprom chairman Alexei Miller and Rosneft president Sergey Bogdanchikov, TNK-BP executive officer Victor Vekselberg, Presidential aide Arkady Dvorkovich and Archbishop Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of External Church Relations Department of the Moscow Patriarchate
Politics is really as much about what you say as about what you hear
10:50 14/09/2009
Toby T. Gati, Senior International Advisor, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Group speaking during the Valdai discussion.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin met with members of the sixth Valdai Discussion Club
10:37 14/09/2009
“The crisis has affected Russia very seriously. However, we see nascent stabilisation in the country, beginning in June, and economic growth, even if modest, of 1% monthly since June. We know that European countries have recorded similar trends, especially Germany and France. We expect these positive trends to grow stronger.”
Valdai: There is no friendship or enmity between Russia and the West, there is only understanding
23:00 11/09/2009
The two-day meeting of the Valdai Club took place far away from Moscow, in Yakutia. As a joint project of the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy and RIA Novosti, since 2004, brainstorming sessions between Western experts on Russia and their Russian colleagues have been held every year in early September in various Russian cities.
The EU can prove more useful in cooperation with Russia
21:56 11/09/2009
Alexandre Adler, a well-known French historian and columnist at Le Figaro and France Culture, for the first time participates in the Valdai Club Summit and shares his thoughts on the topics discussed this year.
Putin 'optimistic' about Obama relations
20:14 11/09/2009
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has a favorable impression of U.S. President Barack Obama and his administration, a leading U.S. academic said Friday.
Russia switching vector of interest to Asia - analyst
19:24 11/09/2009
The vector of Russian interest is switching from Europe and the United States to Asia, a Canadian analyst said after a meeting with the Russian premier on Friday.
"Permafrost Kingdom" in Yakutia
10:27 11/09/2009
Participants of the Valdai International Discussion Club visited the "Permafrost Kingdom", a tourist attraction inside a mountain near the Chochur-Muran Ethnography Museum not far from Yakutsk
Valdai sees security as a way back to the future
16:52 10/09/2009
YAKUTSK. (Pavel Andreyev, RIA Novosti political commentator) – Security issues dominated the second day of discussions at the 6th summit of the Valdai Discussion Club in Yakutsk.
Valdai Discussion Club meets in Yakutia
11:03 10/09/2009
The world’s leading experts on Russia and geopolitics gathered in Yakutsk for the 6th annual summit
Valdai Club confirms the Cold War dead. What’s next?
14:49 09/09/2009
YAKUTSK. (Pavel Andreev, RIA Novosti political commentator) - The cold war is over. This has been certified by the members of the Valdai Discussion Cllub - the world’s leading experts on Russia and geopolitics – who gathered in Yakutsk for the 6th annual summit.
Lena Pillars Nature Park in Yakutia
14:24 09/09/2009
Famous Lena Pillars are grandeur mountains which are stretched in solid wall along the right bank of the Lena river.
Cold War over, its shadows still there
12:40 09/09/2009
The Cold War between Russia and the West ended, but not for the whole world, was one conclusion made by the participants in Tuesday’s meeting of the Valdai discussion club.
Eric Hoesli: The Valdai forum is unique and offers the opportunity of learning different opinions about contemporary Russia
15:21 07/09/2009
RIA Novosti interview with Eric Hoesli, writer, journalist and Editorial Director of Edipresse, Switzerland.
Clifford Kupchan: Building trust should be a main topic of discussion at Valdai
10:38 04/09/2009
RIA Novosti interview with Clifford Kupchan, Director, Europe and Eurasia, at the Eurasia Group
Richard Sakwa: The main challenge is to find an appropriate model of ‘the international’ in Russian domestic politics
10:09 04/09/2009
RIA Novosti interview with Richard Sakwa, Professor of Russian and European politics at the University of Kent, Associate Fellow of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House
Vitaly Shlykov: Which past is better for the future?
09:29 04/09/2009
Leading up to the Sixth meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club
Orietta Moscatelli: Valdai Club helps experts on Russia update their “hard drive” every year
20:33 03/09/2009
The Valdai International Discussion Club gives experts on Russia a chance to perform a complex and delicate operation every year – a kind of “hard drive update”, Orietta Moscatelli, head of the New Europe project at the Apcom news agency told RIA Novosti.
The Valdai international discussion Club
15:48 22/06/2009
The Russian News & Information Agency RIA Novosti, the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy, The Moscow News newspaper have organized a series of annual meetings of the Valdai Discussion Club.
President Medvedev speaks with Valdai Club experts
11:58 13/09/2008
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has discussed with the participants and experts of the annual Valdai International Discussion Club meeting issues of Russia's international and economic policies.
Valdai Club launching a diplomatic marathon
22:31 12/09/2008
Bikers gather on the Valdai
17:57 05/08/2008
An international biker meeting was held for the first time on Lake Valdai in the Novgorod Region, in northwest Russia. Up to 1,500 bikers from Russia and other countries have arrived for a rock festival.
Behind the closed doors of the Valdai Club
20:06 17/09/2007
Valdai Discussion Club gathers in Kazan
12:59 10/09/2007
Experts on Russia held second session of the Valdai Club
20:52 06/09/2005

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The sixth session of the Valdai International Discussion Club

The sixth session of the Valdai Club – a gathering of the world’s leading experts on Russia, who meet every year under the auspices of RIA Novosti and the Russian Council on Foreign and Defense Policy – took place in Yakutsk, Eastern Siberia. At this year’s session, entitled “Russia and the West – Back to the Future”, the club members discussed the dangers of slipping back to a new Cold War, as well as the new challenges for Russia’s cooperation and integration with the West. Sessions took place both in Yakutsk and in Moscow and included meetings with the country’s top politicians, officials and analysts.